The incredible story behind Karla Souza’s diving in “The Fall”

Since it arrived on November 11 on Amazon Prime Video, “The fall” It has become one of the streaming platform’s favorite movies; and how not to be, if he narrates the Mariel’s storya veteran professional diver who wants to fulfill her dream of participating in the Olympic Games, but everything takes a radical turn when her coach is accused of abuse.

Undoubtedly, the plot of the Mexican film directed by Lucía Puenzo captivates the public, but in addition to the events that are narrated, the scenes of the diving of Karla Souza, who gives life to the protagonist, has been what has surprised everyone the most. And they will be more so when they discover the truth behind them.

Next, the hard work and constant training that the actress to play the main character, who did not require doubles when jumping into the pool.

KARLA SOUZA’S PREPARATION FOR DIVING IN “LA CAÍDA”

Throughout the plot, we see how Muriel performs incredible dives, something that was undoubtedly achieved due to the great preparation that Karla Souza had, who did not want other people to replace her in said scenes.; For this reason, she worked hard to embody a professional athlete at all times.

Precisely, on November 10, one day before the premiere, the Amazon executive in Mexico, Ana Laura Rascón, uploaded a video to her TikTok account, where she shows all the training of the histrionics, which she accompanied with the following description: “And Karla Souza did the diving? ‘Well…”.

HOW WAS KARLA SOUZA’S PREPARATION LIKE?

Lucía Puenzo, director of “La caída”, revealed the preparation time of Souza, who is also a producer of the film. “It took this woman 10 years to be able to film this movie, with a drive that I have rarely seen; and she spent three years training as a diver. Karla throws herself from 10 meters and did crazy things that the producers and directors were afraid of and she had to stop her because she was ready for anything ”he told GQ magazine on November 7.

Karla Souza also referred to this issue in the same interview. “I taught him that in training there are all kinds of injuries and bruises. The first time I went to training I saw that they put ice on my back and I didn’t understand, until the first time I jumped and felt the pull on my back; and I really understand and respect the sacrifice that these athletes make because that’s what their life is: they live in the pool and in training; and that’s what we wanted to portray, that’s why Mariel’s hair is always wet, her skin smells of chlorine and we were able to understand all this thanks to the divers ”.

In another interview to Time Out, Souza recounted that he woke up every day at 5:00 am to train, then they went to the pool and worked all day. “That also helped to get the emotional part that my character needed. I have to confess that I felt supported by the entire production”accurate.